@John *********

More likely loosen up. They want the money for Thailand. Smart.

@Russell ****

I’ll happily call you collect. That’s reverse the charges for the Brits.

@Marty ********

Oh please. This whole thing reminds me of Margaret Thatcher’s comment to one of her sycophants when she got knifed in the back by one of her own and he tried to sympathize with her. “Oh please John. We are in politics”. Same same here. This is all about jobs for bureaucrats.

@Andy *******

They are us. And we are them. 55

@Jean-Maurice *******

Good point. Here’s one loving your comment when I should be ignoring it. 5555

@Jared *********

The problem is that a one week cooking course might be ok. Who knows??? I mean how can one have a 5 year student visa anyway??? My God, a half decent student finishes their PhD and their first job in 5 years. Or qualifies as a doctor at Stanford or Oxford. But perhaps this visa is for dropouts. More likely for those doing multiple one week courses with lotsa $$$ to drop into the economy. That’s what any visa is about anyway. My bet is that most people coming to Thailand to do short cooking courses are perfect candidates. Probably travel first class on Thai Airways too. Come to think, I should tell my sister to get one of these visas. She’d stay at 6000b a night hotels for months on end and express amazement at how cheap they are! 5

@Dennis ********

I’m not actually too sure I’d want that information out there. I’ll leave it at that.

@Jim *********

Trivial fee.

@Jean-Maurice *******

Thanks. There are so many of these different visas. Waste of time learning about all of them.

What’s a DTV visa?